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Cisco to buy OpenDNS to boost Security Everywhere initiative

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Cisco is acting quickly on its new Security Everywhere initiative with the announcement that it plans to buy Internet security service provider OpenDNS for $ 635 million in cash plus other considerations.

In announcing Security Everywhere at the Cisco Live conference earlier this month the company said one element of the initiative would be using the network as both a sensor and an enforcer of security policy. The sensors are embedded in Cisco gear and the enforcement could be augmented by the OpenDNS service.

OpenDNS, founded in 2005, offers a cloud service that prevents customers from connecting to dangerous Internet IP addresses, such as those known to be associated with criminal activity, botnets and malicious downloads.

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OpenDNS Acquisition Gives Cisco Big Security Data – Threatpost

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OpenDNS Acquisition Gives Cisco Big Security Data
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The topper was the 2013 $ 2.7 billion purchase of Sourcefire, which was followed up by 2014 acquisitions of service provider Neohapsis and malware analysis company ThreatGRID. OpenDNS will be run by David Goeckler, senior vice president of the Cisco …

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OpenDNS reinforces cloud security with ties to Check Point, ZeroFOX, others

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OpenDNS has developed a partner API that lets security vendors connect their technologies to the OpenDNS cloud for enforcement, effectively extending protection to any device no matter where it connects to the Internet.

OpenDNS CEO David Ulevitch

OpenDNS CEO David Ulevitch

The first two such partners are Check Point and ZeroFOX, and the company will announce another dozen or so partners over the next few months, says OpenDNS CEO David Ulevitch.

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OpenDNS introduces VPN, content filtering for mobile devices – PCWorld

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OpenDNS introduces VPN, content filtering for mobile devices
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Umbrella also uses the company's secure DNS services, which blocks access to sites that have been linked to malicious software or botnet activity. DNS requests translate a … An Android client will eventually be released, Ulevitch said. The services …
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